Photos: China's Sichuan province rocked by powerful earthquake

Hai Mingwei, AP04.18.2013

In this photo provided by China’s official Xinhua News Agency, a giant rock blocks the road, about 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) from the county seat of Lushan in Ya’an city, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013. A powerful earthquake jolted China’s Sichuan province Saturday near where a devastating quake struck five years ago.

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A woman stays outside to take shelter with a girl in her arms in Chongqing, southwest China’s Sihchuan province, as a shallow earthquake struck close to the city of Ya’an on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau just after 8:00 am (0000 GMT), setting off landslides, destroying buildings and triggering a major rescue operation on April 20, 2013. 72 people were killed when the earthquake struck China’s southwestern Sichuan province on April 20, local officials said, five years after a massive quake devastated the region.AFP
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In this photo provided by China’s official Xinhua News Agency, students gather outside their school buildings to avoid aftershocks of an earhtquake, in Dazhou, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013. People were killed Saturday when a powerful earthquake jolted China’s Sichuan province near the same area where a devastating quake struck five years ago, with state media warning the casualty toll could climb sharply.Deng Liangkui
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People gather to take shelter outside buildings in Chongqing, southwest China’s Sihchuan province, as a shallow earthquake struck close to the city of Ya’an on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau just after 8:00 am (0000 GMT), setting off landslides, destroying buildings and triggering a major rescue operation on April 20, 2013. 72 people were killed when the earthquake struck China’s southwestern Sichuan province on April 20, local officials said, five years after a massive quake devastated the region.AFP
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In this photo provided by China’s official Xinhua News Agency, people gather on a street to avoid aftershocks of an earthquake, in Shifang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013. At least two people were killed Saturday when a powerful earthquake jolted China’s Sichuan province near the same area where a devastating quake struck five years ago, with state media warning the casualty toll could climb sharply.Zhang Xiaoli
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People gather to take shelter outside buildings in Chongqing, southwest China’s Sihchuan province, as a shallow earthquake struck close to the city of Ya’an on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau just after 8:00 am (0000 GMT), setting off landslides, destroying buildings and triggering a major rescue operation on April 20, 2013. 72 people were killed when the earthquake struck China’s southwestern Sichuan province on April 20, local officials said, five years after a massive quake devastated the region.AFP
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People gather on a square to take shelter in Chongqing, southwest China’s Sichuan province, as a shallow earthquake struck close to the city of Ya’an on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau just after 8:00 am (0000 GMT), setting off landslides, destroying buildings and triggering a major rescue operation on April 20, 2013. 72 people were killed when the earthquake struck China’s southwestern Sichuan province on April 20, local officials said, five years after a massive quake devastated the region.AFP
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People gather to take shelter outside buildings in Chongqing, southwest China’s Sihchuan province, as a shallow earthquake struck close to the city of Ya’an on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau just after 8:00 am (0000 GMT), setting off landslides, destroying buildings and triggering a major rescue operation on April 20, 2013. 72 people were killed when the earthquake struck China’s southwestern Sichuan province on April 20, local officials said, five years after a massive quake devastated the region.AFP
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